PRODUCTION AND SALES FORECAST OF FOUNDRY INDUSTRY

The primary customer for castings in the world is the automotive industry, an industry that prides itself on well managed supply chains management (SCM). This Project investigates on the supply chain management of a medium scale foundry and how it works. Patterns, capital equipment, consumables all are needed to make the product which together makes the supply chain. SCM plays an essential role in the industry development, market survival, rate of production and the vibrant communication among the suppliers and customers. It has been met with increased recognition during the last decade both by academicians as well as practitioners. In today’s highly competitive marketplace a successful winner is one who has the ability to satisfy the end customer requirement. Foundry which was selected for this purpose is a medium ferrous foundry setup located in Pollachi , Coimbatore southern part of India which is established in the year 1996, committed to high technology from the very start, produces grey iron from low tensile to high tensile strength grades, Ductile Iron - Pearlitic Ductile Iron to various ranges of Ferrite Ductile Irons. Foundry also specializes in the production range of automobile items like brake drums, Brackets, Transmission Hubs, flywheels, Manifolds, gear box housings, castings for tractor application, valve body assembly castings, motor and pump castings and compressor part castings